Advertising-calendar.



G. A. N. COPPEDGE.

ADVERTISING CALENDAR.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 13. 1916.

Patented Jul 31, 1917.

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GEORGE AL'VAH N. GOPPEDGE, OF WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

ADVERTISING-CALENDAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed October 13, 1916. Serial No. 125,424.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALVAH N. Corrnoon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winston-Salem, in the county of Forsyth and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and useful Advertising-Gab endar, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to advertising calendars and is designed to provide-a structure capable ofdisplaying advertisements and at the same time indicating the month and day of the month, the calendar feature being of the perpetual type.

In accordance with the present invention there is provided a box or casing with mechanism whereby a monthly calendar may be displayed and also providing space for advertisements, the mechanism being so arranged that the year, the month, and the days of the month may be readily changed as needed. The mechanism includes means whereby the names of the months may be changed and the monthly calendar of days may be changed by providing accessible parts ordinarily hidden but readily reached.

Provision is also made for the changing of the advertisements from time to time if such be desirable.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the further understanding that while the drawings show a practical form of the invention the latter is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings, but may be changed and modified so long as such changes and modifications come within the scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a face View of the advertising calendar.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the calendar casing from side to side andtaken just back of the advertising cardto disclose the adjustable webs and carrying means therefor.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an extended face View of the web containing the names of the months.

Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings there is shown a casing 1 which may be and usually is of rectangular outline, although any particular shape is not obligatory. The frame 1 is formed on what may be termed the face portion thereof with beads2 forming shoulders 3 to receive and support a glass pane if behind which there is lodged a sheet 5 of cardboard or any other suitable material having a cut-away portion 6 for the display of a portion of a web 7 The card 5 also has another cut-away portion 8 for the display of a portion of another web 9. There is still a third web, to be referred to, part of which is visible through the opening 6. Immediately over the opening 6, considering the calendar as upright, there is a row 11 of indicia indicating in contracted form the names of the days of the week in a manner customary in calendars. While the opening 8 may be located in any desired relation to the opening 6, it is shown in the drawings as being above the opening 6 and above the indicia 11. The opening 8 is only large enough to display restricted areas of the web 9, which latter may be in the form of a comparatively long strip divided into spaces 12, each of which contains the name of a calendar month and also information as to the number of days included in such month. The names of the calendar months are contained on the strip 9 in regular order, but the name of one month only is displayed at the opening 8 at any one time. On 0pposite sides of the opening 8 and closely adjacent thereto the card 5 is formed with pairs of slits 13 to receive slips 14: with numbers thereon and capable of grouping to indicate the year date.

Contained within the frame 1 is another frame 15 which may be made to snugly fit the frame 1. The frame 15 has longitudinal bars 16 near the top and bottom and these bars support a back 17 closing the frame 1 except between the bars 16 and the top and bottom of the frame 15. In this manner access may be had through the back of the frame 1 to certain parts, while other parts are protected against access or danr age. The frame 15 may be secured in the frame 1 in any suitable manner, the means of securing being of a removable nature, so that the frame 15 may betalren out of the frame 1 Whenever desired. serves as a means for holding the glass pane at and card 5 in place, but by removing such 1 fastening means as are employed. to keep the frame in place the latter may be taken. from the frame 1 and the card 5 may be changed Whenever desired. This is advantageous because the card is intended for advertising purposes and hence the adrertisements may be readily changed from time to time by taking out an. old card and substituting a new one. The card 5 contains suitable number of spaces 18 giving ample room for advertisements in close relation to the openings 6 and 8 and Within the borders of the frame 1.

The bars 16 carry'a suitable number of rotatable rods 19 which if the frames 1 and 15 be made of wood may also be made of 'W'OOCl. By making the rods cylindrical they may be turned upon their longitudinal axes in the bars 16 and by making them fit iugly in the bars and yet not too stiiiiy therein they may be readily turned by the fingers of an operator introduced in the spaces between the bars .16 and the top and bottom bars of the frame 15. these soaces being readily accessible as before stated. In the particular arrangement shown rods '19 are provided, there being three rods each on opposite sides of the openings 6 and 8. Beoind these openings 6 and S the bars 16 carry a block :20 which may be of rectangular outline, and about as Wide as or a little Wider than the opening 6. Lb that end of the block 20 which constitutes the upper end in use the block is reduced in Width to form a centralized projection length wise of the block and reaching the upper bar 16, so that on each side of the projection there is an opening forming a shoulder 22 on the top of the block 20.

The rods or rollers 19 are located nearer to the back of the frame 15 than the block 20, so that these rollers are sufficiently spaced back of the card 5 to be in non-interfering relation therewith. Gne set of rollers, say, those nearest to the block 20, have the ends of the Web 9 fastened to and rolled upon them, so that on turning one of the rollers carrying the Web 9, the latter is moved in one direction and on turning the other roller the Web is moved in the other direction. The Web 7 is Wound upon the next pair of rollers 19 in order, these being the intermediate rollers of the sets of three: The Web T contains series of numbers arranged in longitudinal roivs running from The frame 15 top to bottom of the Web, and so related that one end of the numbered part of the Web 7, say, the right hand end, has the complete calendar for a month of thirtyone days where the first day of the month begins on Sunday. To the left of these numbers are other numbers in suiiicient quantity and so arranged that by shifting the Web 7 the numbers will be properly arranged for any month Where the first day of the month be gins on any other day than Sunday. The numbers are also so arranged and the open ing 6 is of such size With respect to the groups of numbers that seven uprightcolumns of numbers may be seen through the opening 6 at one time, While the lengthwise distribution and the arrangement of the numbers is such that thirty-one consecutive days may be made visible through the opening 6 at any one time. To bring this about the top row of numbers contains the digits 1 to 7, the second row of numbers contains the digits 2 to 1 1, the third row of numbers from 9 to 21, thefourth row from 16 to 2-8, the fifth row from 23 to 31, and there is also a sixth row containing the numbers and 31 only. The Web 7 is Wound at the ends upon the intermediate rollers 19, whereby the Web may be propelled in either direction.

There is also the third iveb indicated at 2% with step portions 26, reducing the width of the web by amounts corresponding to the height of a longitudinal row of :nuubers .3. The Web 2% is Wound upon the terminal rollers 19 and the WbS 4' and are provided at certain points with the word Stop indicated at 27, or with some.

other indication of like import. These Words so positioned. as to indicate to the operator where the Web 7 is to be lo cated for certain purposes. The Web 2%- is made to cover all the portions of the lOWQl two lo; tudinal lines of numbers on the web u ith the four longitudinal lin above the web 2 t limited to twenty-eight t "erent nrunbcrs, so as to serve for a twenty-eight day l ebruaiy.

Eiupposethat the calendar is to be set for the month of liorember, 1916. The operator by reaching into the casing 1 through. the spaces at the back thereof is enabled to 2' p those rollers 19 carrying the Web 9 u by moving the proper ones of these rollers in the proper direction {as is aseertained obserr tion of the web tl Ur t the opening 8, toe designation llovembci brought into sight and prop rly l cated.

The designation is accompaniel by 1 i V ase indicating that l lorember has thii The numbers 1 9 1 6 are placed in the .;hts 18 of the card 5 before the latter is placed in. the frame 1. New, by referencet ordinary calendar it 1s found that the of November, 1916, occurs on Wednesday, wherefore by a manipulation of the intermediate rollers 19 the web 16 is moved until the number 1 thereof is brought under the designation lVednesd-ay on the day indicia indicated at 11. However, it will be seen by the arrangement of numbers on the web 7 that the number 31 will appear in the opening 16. To overcome this difficnlty is the purpose of the web at, so that the outer pair of rollers 19 is manipulated to bring the step portion 26 of the web 24.- into covering relation to the number 31 previously visible through the opening 6.

The calendar is now set for the month of November, 1916, which month has thirty days. When December arrives the web 9 is correspondingly shifted and as December first occurs on Friday, the web 7 is also shifted. December is a thirty-one day month, and in the five superposed lines of numbers bearing on the web 7 the last visible number is 30, but the successive longitudin a]. row at the bottom of the other rows contains the number 31 in visible position with respect to the opening 6, but it is necessary to move the web 24 sufficiently to expose this number 31, Wherefore the step portion is propelled far enough to permit the visibility of the number 81.

So any one of the months may be displayed and the calendar may be set to be in proper relation thereto.

The calendar is of a perpetual nature, wherefore provision must be made for a twenty-eight day February and a twentynine day February. This is accomplished by having two spaces on the web 9 for the month of February, one of which is accompanied by a clause showing the month has twenty-eight days and the other with a clause showing it has twenty-nine days, and with a further clause stating that the month belongs to a leap year.

The invention is of a nature and the mechanical construction is such that it may be produced at a very low cost of manufacture permitting the use of the invention for ad vertising purposes and the gift of the device to those who will display it so as to make its advertising features of value to the advertisers.

The value of the advertisement is enhanced by the usefulness of the device as a calendar constraining those who would be benefited by observation of the calendar side of the device to read the advertisements and so become familiar with the articles advertised and thereby be led to purchase the articles or to patronize the advertisers.

'What is claimed is 1. An advertising calendar structure, comprising a suitable frame or casing, a remembers thereim'and a removable and rene *able advertising member adapted to be lodged-in the casing and held therein by the removable frame, said advertising member having openings for viewing associated parts of the calendar members.

2. An advertising calendar comprising a frame, a glass pane adapted thereto, an ad vertising card also adapted to the frame to be lodged behind the glass, said card having openings therethrough and spaces about the openings for advertising purposes, and another frame adapted to be lodged in the firstnamed frame and carrying calendar members, said second frame clamping the advertising card and glass pane in place, and means for shifting the calendar members to bring chosen parts thereof into view through the openings in the advertising card.

3. A calendar structure comprising asuitable support with series of winding rollers therein, a web mounted on certain of the rollers and containing in series the names of the calendar months, another web mounted on certain others of the rollers and containing numbers in calendar arrangement, and a third web associated with the second web and mounted on certain others of the rollers and arranged to hide or dis play those parts of the second web constituting the lower parts in the installed position, said calendar being provided with a face member with openings therethrough arranged to display one month name at a time and suificient of the numbers on the second web to include all the days of the displayed calendar month.

4. A calendar structure provided with an adjustable web having the names of the months thereon, another web having numbers corresponding to the number of days of the calendar month, and additional numbers of like character, a third web narrower than the second web and movable over what constitutes the lower portion of the second web in the installed position of the calendar to hide or display certain of the numbers on the second web, means for adjusting the webs, and covering means for the webs having openings therethrough for the display of so much of the first and second named webs as shall correspond to a chosen calendar month.

5. A calendar structure provided with an adjustable web having the names of the months thereon, another web having numbers corresponding to the number of days of the calendar month, and additional numbers of like character, a third web movable to hide or display certain of the numbers on the second web, means for adjusting the webs, and covering means for the webs havmovable frame with adjustable calendaring openings therethrongh for the display reemie in conjunction with the third web or only my own 1 have hereto afiixed my signature so much of the first and second named Webs in the presence of two Witnesses.

es sPaH correspond to a ehoserr calendar GEORGE ALVAH N COPPEDGE.

month, the covering member havmg means for the display of numbers representing the Witnesses:

yea-r. JOHN H. SIGGERS,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as ANNIE B/fYERS:

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